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USC travels to Westwood
Sports, page 16
Bookstore layoffs violate decency
Viewpoint, page 4
Schrader’s
‘Strangers’
Life / Arts, page 7
trojan
Volume CXIV, Number 53
University of Southern California
Friday, April 5,1991
Law students will protest judge’s visit
By Allison Tatum
Staff Writer
Students at the university Law Center are planning to rally in protest of the planned visit of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White at the Law Center today, because of several opinions written by the jurist that have been perceived as anti-gay and anti-lesbian.
The students said they are upset with Law Center Dean Scott Bice for inviting White to judge the final round of the university's Hale Moot Court competition, to be held today at 2 p.m. White also is scheduled to speak as an honored guest at an alumni dinner later that evening.
Shawn Boyne, president of the Student Bar Association, said the organization voted March 27 to denounce the invitation and condemn White's appearance. They submitted their complaint in a letter to Bice.
''For the school to espouse a non-discrimination policy and Principles of Community that support the rights of gay and lesbian students and then to honor an individual who does not support those rights is hypocritical," Boyne said.
In a 1987 Supreme Court decision, Bowers vs. Hardwick, White equated homosexuality with "adultery, incest and other sex crimes" in upholding a Georgia antisodomy statute.
White wrote that it was "at best, face-(See Protest, page 2)
Commission drafts USC professor for King inquiry
By Michael Utley
City Editor
Another university professor has been appointed to Mayor Tom Bradley's commission investigating charges of brutality and racism in the Los Angeles Police Department, city officials said Thursday.
Bryce Nelson, a professor in the School of Journalism, was selected to serve as director and senior adviser for press information for the newly formed Christopher Commission, named for its chairman, Warren Christopher, who was Secretary of State during the Carter Administration.
He is the second university professor to be appointed to the commission. Dr. Robert Tranquada, dean of the School of Medicine, was appointed by Bradley on Monday.
It also was announced Thursday that the Christopher Commission is merging with a panel of experts that was appointed separately by embattled Police Chief Daryl Gates to investigate the same charges following the March 3 videotaped beating of Rodney Glen King by LAPD officers.
The five-member Gates panel, which had been headed by former state Supreme Court Justice John Arguelles and also included former USC President James Zumberge, will combine forces with the se''en-member Christopher
(See King, page 6)
Ice cold milk ...’
Kris Chun / Dally Trojan
Nicole Francus (middle), a sophomore majoring in English, and Stacy Schwatrz, a sophomore majoring in communications, introduce themselves to a life-size Double Stuff Oreo cookie.
Professor gives class no credit in bomb scare
By Oscar C. Villalon
Staff Writer
A business professor told her class Tuesday that if they left after a bomb threat was announced, they would not get credit for speeches accounting for up to 15 percent of their semester grade, students said.
University security went to each room at Bridge Hall notifying students of a bomb threat on Tuesday, said a secretary at the Experimental Learning Center, located in the hall.
Professor Jean Perry, teaching a class in the center, told her students they would not get credit for the assignment if they left, said sophomore Brad Harrel, one of her students.
"They said there was a bomb threat, and if you leave you won't get credit for the work being done," Harrel said. "Usually it's someone trying to get out of a test. It was kind of funny at first, but then you got to think about it.
"For those fifteen minutes, we could've been killed," he said.
None of the classes in Bridge Hall evacuated, said Lt. David Ritch of university security.
About 15 minutes after the initial warning, the bomb threat was said to have been made only to the accounting building — next to Bridge Hall — and the warning was canceled.
Jeremy Brewer, a junior in Perry's class, said he talked to Perry about the way she handled the bomb threat.
(See Threat, page 10)
State may cap motorcyclists
Most students against proposed helmet law
By Holly Ziemer
Staff Writer
Students who drive motorcycles have expressed displeasure and anger that they soon may be required to wear safety helmets following the announcement of a proposed mandatory helmet law in California.
The State Assembly has already voted in favor of the requirement, and it could become law when the State Senate votes on the issue in the next two or three weeks.
"The individual should have the right to choose whether they wear one," said Pete Kazane, a graduate student in engineering. "I don't understand why they are pushing for it, since it's been defeated in the past."
But proponents are optimistic about the bill's chances in the Senate.
The same mandatory helmet bill was passed by the Senate and the Assembly in 1989 and 1990, but was vetoed by then-Gov. George Deukmejian.
Gov. Pete Wilson is expected to sign this bill because he co-authored similar legislation as a U.S. Senator.
A spokesperson for the governor said Wilson does support required helmet laws, but would not comment on whether he would sign this particular bill.
Kazane, who wears a helmet occassionaly, said he has friends who have circulated petitions against a required helmet law.
Mandeep Kohli, a junior majoring in biomedical en-
(See Helmet, page 10)
Bob Golden / Dally Trojan
John Ayala, a junior majoring in political science, donned his helmet before riding his motorcycle, already in accordance with the proposed state law.

USC travels to Westwood
Sports, page 16
Bookstore layoffs violate decency
Viewpoint, page 4
Schrader’s
‘Strangers’
Life / Arts, page 7
trojan
Volume CXIV, Number 53
University of Southern California
Friday, April 5,1991
Law students will protest judge’s visit
By Allison Tatum
Staff Writer
Students at the university Law Center are planning to rally in protest of the planned visit of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White at the Law Center today, because of several opinions written by the jurist that have been perceived as anti-gay and anti-lesbian.
The students said they are upset with Law Center Dean Scott Bice for inviting White to judge the final round of the university's Hale Moot Court competition, to be held today at 2 p.m. White also is scheduled to speak as an honored guest at an alumni dinner later that evening.
Shawn Boyne, president of the Student Bar Association, said the organization voted March 27 to denounce the invitation and condemn White's appearance. They submitted their complaint in a letter to Bice.
''For the school to espouse a non-discrimination policy and Principles of Community that support the rights of gay and lesbian students and then to honor an individual who does not support those rights is hypocritical," Boyne said.
In a 1987 Supreme Court decision, Bowers vs. Hardwick, White equated homosexuality with "adultery, incest and other sex crimes" in upholding a Georgia antisodomy statute.
White wrote that it was "at best, face-(See Protest, page 2)
Commission drafts USC professor for King inquiry
By Michael Utley
City Editor
Another university professor has been appointed to Mayor Tom Bradley's commission investigating charges of brutality and racism in the Los Angeles Police Department, city officials said Thursday.
Bryce Nelson, a professor in the School of Journalism, was selected to serve as director and senior adviser for press information for the newly formed Christopher Commission, named for its chairman, Warren Christopher, who was Secretary of State during the Carter Administration.
He is the second university professor to be appointed to the commission. Dr. Robert Tranquada, dean of the School of Medicine, was appointed by Bradley on Monday.
It also was announced Thursday that the Christopher Commission is merging with a panel of experts that was appointed separately by embattled Police Chief Daryl Gates to investigate the same charges following the March 3 videotaped beating of Rodney Glen King by LAPD officers.
The five-member Gates panel, which had been headed by former state Supreme Court Justice John Arguelles and also included former USC President James Zumberge, will combine forces with the se''en-member Christopher
(See King, page 6)
Ice cold milk ...’
Kris Chun / Dally Trojan
Nicole Francus (middle), a sophomore majoring in English, and Stacy Schwatrz, a sophomore majoring in communications, introduce themselves to a life-size Double Stuff Oreo cookie.
Professor gives class no credit in bomb scare
By Oscar C. Villalon
Staff Writer
A business professor told her class Tuesday that if they left after a bomb threat was announced, they would not get credit for speeches accounting for up to 15 percent of their semester grade, students said.
University security went to each room at Bridge Hall notifying students of a bomb threat on Tuesday, said a secretary at the Experimental Learning Center, located in the hall.
Professor Jean Perry, teaching a class in the center, told her students they would not get credit for the assignment if they left, said sophomore Brad Harrel, one of her students.
"They said there was a bomb threat, and if you leave you won't get credit for the work being done," Harrel said. "Usually it's someone trying to get out of a test. It was kind of funny at first, but then you got to think about it.
"For those fifteen minutes, we could've been killed," he said.
None of the classes in Bridge Hall evacuated, said Lt. David Ritch of university security.
About 15 minutes after the initial warning, the bomb threat was said to have been made only to the accounting building — next to Bridge Hall — and the warning was canceled.
Jeremy Brewer, a junior in Perry's class, said he talked to Perry about the way she handled the bomb threat.
(See Threat, page 10)
State may cap motorcyclists
Most students against proposed helmet law
By Holly Ziemer
Staff Writer
Students who drive motorcycles have expressed displeasure and anger that they soon may be required to wear safety helmets following the announcement of a proposed mandatory helmet law in California.
The State Assembly has already voted in favor of the requirement, and it could become law when the State Senate votes on the issue in the next two or three weeks.
"The individual should have the right to choose whether they wear one," said Pete Kazane, a graduate student in engineering. "I don't understand why they are pushing for it, since it's been defeated in the past."
But proponents are optimistic about the bill's chances in the Senate.
The same mandatory helmet bill was passed by the Senate and the Assembly in 1989 and 1990, but was vetoed by then-Gov. George Deukmejian.
Gov. Pete Wilson is expected to sign this bill because he co-authored similar legislation as a U.S. Senator.
A spokesperson for the governor said Wilson does support required helmet laws, but would not comment on whether he would sign this particular bill.
Kazane, who wears a helmet occassionaly, said he has friends who have circulated petitions against a required helmet law.
Mandeep Kohli, a junior majoring in biomedical en-
(See Helmet, page 10)
Bob Golden / Dally Trojan
John Ayala, a junior majoring in political science, donned his helmet before riding his motorcycle, already in accordance with the proposed state law.